Home made bread is the best option when using wheat flour. I love carrot bread with spices because the result is a sweet flavoured bread with a rich smell that invade your kitchen. When the bread is cold I place it in a plastic bag and keep it there until next day, though at home they like to eat it hot with butter.
When you prepare a bread with vegetables like carrots, zucchinis and betroots you have to be patient because the dough gets very wet. It is important to measure the quantities of the ingredients you are going to use and allow for more flour if needed.
Once you start mixing the ingredients you won't like to have your hands dirty, but you have to continue mixing the flour until all the dough stop being sticky and form an elastic and smooth dough. It will take about 20 minutes to get the point desired. It is an error to add more flour because you won't have the same bread.
To prepare this bread you will need:
- 700 grams of all use wheat flour
- 100 grams of butter
- 1 egg
- 1 cup of liquid milk
- 21 grams of yeast
- 1 finely grated carrot
- 1 cup of brown sugar if you have
- 2 spoons of cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon of nutmeg
- 1 spoon of vanilla esence
- 1 cup of raisins or any other fruit
Preparation:
- Grate the carrot
- Place the flour in a bowl and start adding the ingredients
- Add the butter with your fingers until it looks like breadcrumbs
- Add the sugar and the spices , mix with a fork
- Prepare the yeast in the cup of milk and 1 spoon of sugar. Set aside until it grows
- Add the egg, vanilla esence and the grated carrot
- Finally add the yeast and start mixing until you obtain an elastic dough
Add the raisins and mix well before placing the dough in the tins. Add flax and sesame seeds on top. Let the bread doubles its size
- Place the bread in the oven at 180 °C and cook until it gets golden or for about 30 minutes.
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